Enterprise Industrial Relations

Todd (2012) has interviewed employer association representatives and examined their public statements and submissions. From her research, she questions whether the changes to the industrial relations system that employer associations advocate would enhance productivity. With regard to issues such as penalty rates and job security, there is evidence that these relate to cost cutting and enhanced managerial prerogative rather than productivity. Discuss

Introduction
During 2011 employer associations in Australia conducted an active lobbying campaign to introduce legislative changes with respect to industrial relations. Predominantly they were seeking to diminish the power of collective bargaining and increase managerial control under the…show more content…

Further research by Holland et al (2011) establishes that organisational flexibility typically leads to employee engagement and it is this which in fact drives improved organisational productivity. Kotey et al (2011) assert that it is only possible to create a flexible organisational culture with good leadership and open channels of communication. Unilateral amendments to employee working conditions are certainly not conducive to a flexible working culture.
Todd (2012) also examines whether the narrow focus on economic conditions and the capacity for organisations to pay fixed rates and penalties proposed in the FWA should be the sole driver of changes to this legislation. She believes that this narrow approach fails to ignore wider social and cultural issues and instead is a thinly veiled attempt to increase managerial prerogative at the cost of open discussion and negotiation between the unions and organisations. Instead she argues the case for collaborative workplace models which involved genuine communication and commitment from all stakeholders. She highlights the situation of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME's) that simply lack the resource or experience to negotiate effective enterprise agreements. Carroll and Australia (2010) share her view and provide evidence from case studies where large organisations have successfully negotiated such

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The learners are requested to present the speech on the following areas of Industrial Relations and are requested not to use any Power Point presentation. They are allowed to use any creative method of presentation.
The issues to e discussed are explained below.
LO 4.1:
Assess the influence of the EU on industrial democracy in the UK
Hints:
European Union: European Union regulations are directly binding on all Member States without the need for national legislation to put them in place.European….

“Auerbach Enterprises uses machine hours as the cost driver to assign overhead costs to the air conditioners. The company has used a company-wide predetermined overhead rate in past years, but the new controller, Bennie Leon, is considering the use of departmental overhead rates beginning with the next year. “(Schneider, 2012). One product is affected more than the other by use of departmental rates rather than companywide rate.
“Companies can choose to use the accounting job order costing method….

Case Study - Industrial Grinders N.V.
Problem Statement:
Industrial Grinders, N.V. has decided to start manufacturing and selling plastic rings for use in their machines. Currently, they manufacture and sell steel rings, along with the machines they also manufacture and sell through another division of the company. They recently discovered that a competitor in France will now be selling plastic rings. These plastic rings will serve the same purpose as the steel rings Industrial Grinders manufactures….

Compare and Contrast
“Industrial Relations” and “Human Resource Management”
With the rapid pace of globalization, economic development and the more fierce competition among enterprises, the environment of employment is becoming more and more complex than in the past. The companies, no matter private or state-owned ones, have realized the significance of human resources which is the source of social wealth and plays a decisive role in its creation. The essay is concerned about comparing and contrasting….

Employee Relation
Report
Submitted to: Dean Horsman, Paul Dix
Date: 20th December 2011
Abstract:
The report gives a concise analysis of employee relation concepts like ER policies, management styles, workplace harmonisation, collective bargaining and analysis of trade union with respect to the employees and organisations.
Starting with a brief introduction, it continues to talk about the labour unions and its process of reorganisation. It gives various drawbacks and benefits of union reorganisation….

The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing and technology had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultural conditions of the world. The Industrial Revolution began in the United Kingdom as large deposits of coal and iron were found throughout the land which brought the rise of factories and machines, the idea then subsequently spread throughout the world. It was perhaps one of the greatest moments in human history….

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Human Relations Theory and People Management
The minutiae of the human soul … emerged as a new domain for management Nikolas Rose Conventional textbooks often set up a simple story about organization theory which has a very appealing structure. In this story, there is a good guy and a bad guy. Who gets to play which role sometimes shifts, but most often the bad guy is the scientific management approach and the good guy is human relations theory. This is a flawed story in….

A detailed examination of the Jamaican Labour Laws
HRNM 6015/ HR67A Industrial Relations and Negotiations
(Semester II: 2013)
University of the West Indies
Department of Social Sciences
An exploration into whose interest is served by the law and the reality of a class bias.
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Submitted as partial completion of the requirement for the Masters of Science Degree Human Resource Development at the UWI (Mona)
Introduction
Labour law in the Caribbean and Jamaica in….

POLYTECHNIC OF NAMIBIA
HAROLD PUPKEWITZ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Performance Management at Vitality Health Enterprises, Inc Case Report
By
Leonardo Imerne
Strategic Human Resources Management (SHM910M)
Date: 21 June 2014
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report will focus on the performance management at Vitality Health Enterprises, Inc, which is a cosmetics and beauty products oriented business. The business started off well with a fast expansion approach. As the company grows, performance management….